A good friend of Jon and ours commented thusly on my Facebook wall:

"Thanks for all the commentary from the road. I enjoy your ramblings. It makes me think I may have missed something - not having drunk any beer since college. -)"

The thing is that the roadtrips aren't really about the beer.

That's just The Man Who Travelled in Elephants 'hook' to make the road trips possible.

• It's about finding something, anything, to get your mind working in a different direction.
• It's about looking around the world a bit
• It's about meeting new people.
• It's about "Getting out of Dodge" and experiencing new things.
• It's about shaking things up a bit.
• It's about learning about new cities and states.
• It's about seeing someone's passion for their job shine through.
• It's about learning to literally or metaphorically taste new things in life.
• It's about firing up your creativity (ask us how many beers we now have planned? *grin*)

When you come back home, it's about appreciating where you live, who you are, and how you got there.

It's not all about the beer.  It's about us all.